Catalogue record
1848878087
The white tiger / Aravind Adiga.
Publication year: 2012
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Classification: Fiction
Publisher: London : Atlantic, 2012.
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781848878082 (pbk.) : 1848878087 :
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.
Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage.
Description:
321 p. ; 20 cm.
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Reviews
Not impressed and wondering how it could win the man booker prize. It is very descriptive but the storyline is not cohesive and confusing why the protagonist is addressing the chinese premier. Could not find a connection.
14/07/17